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ACROSS

1 An item of seafood that’s always raw in the middle (5)

4 Saw them playing – a London football team (4,3)

8 A new romance for movie star Ms Diaz (7) 9 The winner reveals the 50-point area of a dart board (5) 10 Conclusive evidence spotted from a Dunlop rooftop (5) 11 Take for granted the fool must bring the emu back (6)

14 The boy returned to East Kilbride briefly to hunt for a TV baddie (5) 16 This type of seat is somewhat worthless – too low (5)

18 Rewritten the diet, Ed? Yes, prepared for publication (6)

21 Use a measure of softener a number of times (5) 24 Took some of the best penicillin back, being incompetent (5) 25 Fifty per cent of the youngest or aged need space for things (7) 26 Makes certain Edinburgh’s top nurses come round (7) 27 Spartacus star Douglas’s heading to the Scots churches (5) 1 Prepare your suitcase for a holiday – it always has four suits (4)

2 The high-ranking naval officer could be a mad liar (7)

3 Ron returned with people to Great Yarmouth’s county (7) 4 Diabolical Dawn finds an item that Harry and Hermione use (4) 5 Petty criminals are holding up some of the hotel’s VIPs (5) 6 It’s a bit of a growth industry for the Indian worshipper (5)

7 Bella followed the male sheep returning to a Spanish resort (8) 12 Wee Tessa brought up a collection of matching china (3)

13 A smashed up vase – hide, then look for the glue (8)

15 Have a snack – grab some Dairylea Triangles (3)

16 Endless fuss upset folk in an English county (7)

17 Like an outdoor performance – in opera possible (4-3)

19 An aide’s foolish thoughts (5)

20 Go in to see some of the presenters (5) 22 Poisonous reptiles lurk in this treacherous pass (4)

23 In the churches, we picked up some old seats (4)